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Students clashed with Indian occupying forces in Srinagar, Pulwama, Baramulla and Shopian against alleged ‘high-handedness’ of security forces at a college in Pulwama
The clashes began in Srinagar when hundreds of students took to the streets to protest a police raid in a Pulwama college in which at least 50 students were injured. Photo: AP
Srinagar: Students clashed with security forces in several places in Kashmir valley on Monday during protests against the alleged “high-handedness” of security forces at a college in Pulwama in south Kashmir.
The students also boycotted classes. The protesting students, mostly from degree colleges across the valley and some universities, tried to take out rallies but were stopped by police, leading to clashes, police officials said.
The clashes led to disruption in normal activities in various places including Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of Srinagar, the officials said. Various student groups had called for protests on Monday against the “brutality” perpetrated by forces on students of Degree College Pulwama in south Kashmir on Saturday, leaving many students injured.
The trouble started when a group of students took out a rally near Sri Pratap (SP) College on Moulana Azad Road in the vicinity of Lal Chowk against the Pulwama incident, leading to clashes between the protesting students and the law enforcing agencies, the officials said.
They said police fired dozens of teargas shells and used batons to chase away the protesting students who indulged in stone-pelting and fought pitched battles with them. The clashes created panic in the area, forcing shopkeepers to pull down the shutters of their establishments, the officials said, adding traffic on Moulana Azad Road was also affected.
Soon after, protests broke out in nearby Women’s College and other colleges in the city and elsewhere in the valley. Protests were going on in various colleges in the valley including in Ganderbal, Baramulla, Shopian and Pulwama districts, the officials said. They said the clashes left many, including security forces personnel, injured. “We are compiling the details of the injured,” an official said.
Omar questions govt’s response
Meanwhile, Opposition National Conference’s working president Omar Abdullah on Monday questioned the handling of students’ protests by the Jammu and Kashmir government, led by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.
“I hope @MehboobaMufti has thought through the implications of mass student protests across the valley. This is a deeply worrying situation (sic),” the former J&K chief minister wrote on his Twitter handle. “Why could all colleges/universities not have been closed for a few days after the Pulwama clashes? Is @MehboobaMufti not alert to situation? (sic),” he wrote in another tweet after college students across the Valley took to the streets.
“Every day we get more evidence of @MehboobaMufti’s complete failure to provide any leadership and direction in J&K leading to this drift,” Omar wrote on the microblogging website while commenting on the police advisory to its personnel asking them not to visit their homes, especially in south Kashmir
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Cd...ash-with-security-forces-over-alleged-po.html
The clashes began in Srinagar when hundreds of students took to the streets to protest a police raid in a Pulwama college in which at least 50 students were injured. Photo: AP
Srinagar: Students clashed with security forces in several places in Kashmir valley on Monday during protests against the alleged “high-handedness” of security forces at a college in Pulwama in south Kashmir.
The students also boycotted classes. The protesting students, mostly from degree colleges across the valley and some universities, tried to take out rallies but were stopped by police, leading to clashes, police officials said.
The clashes led to disruption in normal activities in various places including Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of Srinagar, the officials said. Various student groups had called for protests on Monday against the “brutality” perpetrated by forces on students of Degree College Pulwama in south Kashmir on Saturday, leaving many students injured.
The trouble started when a group of students took out a rally near Sri Pratap (SP) College on Moulana Azad Road in the vicinity of Lal Chowk against the Pulwama incident, leading to clashes between the protesting students and the law enforcing agencies, the officials said.
They said police fired dozens of teargas shells and used batons to chase away the protesting students who indulged in stone-pelting and fought pitched battles with them. The clashes created panic in the area, forcing shopkeepers to pull down the shutters of their establishments, the officials said, adding traffic on Moulana Azad Road was also affected.
Soon after, protests broke out in nearby Women’s College and other colleges in the city and elsewhere in the valley. Protests were going on in various colleges in the valley including in Ganderbal, Baramulla, Shopian and Pulwama districts, the officials said. They said the clashes left many, including security forces personnel, injured. “We are compiling the details of the injured,” an official said.
Omar questions govt’s response
Meanwhile, Opposition National Conference’s working president Omar Abdullah on Monday questioned the handling of students’ protests by the Jammu and Kashmir government, led by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.
“I hope @MehboobaMufti has thought through the implications of mass student protests across the valley. This is a deeply worrying situation (sic),” the former J&K chief minister wrote on his Twitter handle. “Why could all colleges/universities not have been closed for a few days after the Pulwama clashes? Is @MehboobaMufti not alert to situation? (sic),” he wrote in another tweet after college students across the Valley took to the streets.
“Every day we get more evidence of @MehboobaMufti’s complete failure to provide any leadership and direction in J&K leading to this drift,” Omar wrote on the microblogging website while commenting on the police advisory to its personnel asking them not to visit their homes, especially in south Kashmir
http://www.livemint.com/Politics/Cd...ash-with-security-forces-over-alleged-po.html
